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50 MAGNIFICENT MEN

Sir Winston Churchill, Abraham Lincoln Presiding – Just Two of The Gents Featured Below.

Hello Friends,
It is with great enthusiasm that I write to you on this misty Thursday morning from Minneapolis. Tiny bulbs are beginning to push their way through the soil in Loring Park, threatening impending splendor. Despite the looming clouds and pre-April showers, Spring has arrived!

As promised- since hitting the $800 mark- I’m posting my 50 MAGNIFICENT MEN list. The gents below not only comprise CHAPTER 9, but are the heart and soul of this book.

Before the big reveal, a few disclaimers:

While this list (and In Praise of Men) is predominantly concerned with the past century, a handful of candidates date back to the 1800’s. I hope you’ll find these individuals compelling, and that you likewise feel their good work/deeds reverberating in our now.

A handful of the names below won’t be familiar- several of them are only “famous” in the eyes of their neighbors, friends, families and/or immediate communities.

You’ll probably wonder why many well-knowns are absent (Einstein, Dr. King, Bruce Lee, Steven Hawking, Dr. Seuss, etc.). There are SO MANY MEN I’d love to add, but have chosen to focus on male role models who- simply by existing- debunk outdated myths about the opposite sex.

Thus: after years of collecting candidates (there were originally 120!), months of research, a few raging Facebook debates, a public poll and A LOT of private vetting, I humbly present…

Honorable mentions: William Gibson, Buckminister Fuller, Neil Gaiman, and anyone else who I may not yet be aware of that should be on this list. We’re expanding the above for the in-print edition, so when the book arrives, I hope you’ll take time to read up on each of these gentlemen- especially the ones that you’re not yet familiar with.